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...TULIP by J. R. Ackerley. 159 pages. Fleet...
Published in England nine years ago and only now exported to these shores, My Dog Tulip divided dog lovers there into two neat halves: they either loved it or loathed it. Both responses are acceptable. There is no denying that Bachelor Ackerley has described with great literary skill, affection and wit the ties that often bind man to dog-in this case an Alsatian bitch. There is also no denying that Ackerley endlessly dwells on what some circles consider a dog's least lovable proclivities: elimination and procreation...
...JEAN C. ACKERLEY...
From the Dewan, or Prime Minister, and from Babaji Rao, the Maharajah's secretary, Tutor Ackerley learned much native common sense, much native lore that he scatters rather indiscriminately throughout his book. His own pupil he saw apparently only once, but he was pestered nearly to death by his tutor Abdul who, despite profuse apologies, was always "boring upon" his time. When the day of departure came, however, he was half sad to leave these queer Hindus. They, with their queer illogic, hit the nail of his experience on the head: "Four days of moonlight-then darkness," say they...
...Author. Born at Rossall, Lancashire in 1896, Author Ackerley served throughout the War, ended it a Captain. After taking a degree at Cambridge University, he took up with the stage, played in Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, produced in 1925 a play of his own, The Prisoners of War, since published in book form. Hindoo Holiday is his second book...